The Fact Is ...

Fact: Monday felt like a train wreck. I'm glad I had a margarita for dinner. 
Fact: I always seem to have a to-do list that is a mile long. Why can't anything get crossed off without something else being added?
Fact: I need a manicure. Like bad. So bad that I wouldn't even take a picture and put it on my blog. And that's saying something since I've posted about my toe cleavage before.
Fact:  I absolutely hate pumpkin anything. The smell, the taste. Eww. I'm tired of everyone ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the PSL (pumpkin spice lattes, yes they gave it an acronym). It's gross. I do like to carve pumpkins though :)
Fact: I miss summer already. It was 32* yesterday morning, unacceptable.

Mini Apple Pies

Is your mouth watering yet? Well it should be! These mini apple pies were delicious. I usually make one totally-from-scratch apple pie every year. This year I decided to make mini apple pies instead of one large one. I was so happy with how they turned out. I made them on Sunday afternoon and as of Tuesday morning only 1 remains and I think that's because my DH didn't see it hiding in the fridge the night before ;)

The recipe is fairly basic, but it takes awhile to put everything together (this is all from scratch remember!).

Dough
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup shortening
4-5 Tbsp cold water

Filling
6 cups of thinly sliced apples (about 2 1/2 lbs)
1 Tbsp lemon juice
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg

Crumb topping
1/2 cup flour 
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp cold butter

Bake at 375* for 25 minutes. Top with whipped cream or serve along side a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Fort4Fitness 2012

I ran my 2nd race of the year on Saturday. It was the big one for me .. 4 miles long. I like the 5K races, enough to get you moving but not enough to land you on the couch for the rest of the day. I was about 30 seconds short of my goal time, but I was about 2 minutes behind going into the last mile so I feel good about making up that much time! The finish line is always a good place 

I have 2 more races scheduled before the end of the year. And they are only a week apart. I hope I don't curse myself later for that.

October 21st  Trail Blazer
October 28th River City Rat Race

And I don't run races after October because it is just too cold outside!